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Here is a quick photo from a phone. The ribbon is used to hold item information, care instructions and the price. Better in person.

It was brown like walnut/cherry mixed together before sun treatment. I've used this a few times and seen it happen often to fishing lures trolled in the sun behind the boat. The purpleheart gets more purple, for a while... Everything colorful goes brown after time.

__________________Mark Mayo
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.Winston Churchill

I use a sanding block made of cork and burnish on the lathe while it is spinning. You can control the shade that you get by the amount of pressure and time spent. I have had it turn violet and the same color as grape jelly.